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Great fake injury by EMU. In a sane world it would be a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

I have to say. After all of these years the aluminum still looks nice and shiny on the bleachers. This is great exposure for Akron and the MAC.

If irons wants a DPI call, he needs to throw it close enough to the WR to get one.

Someone needs to tell Coach M he doesn't need to pile sour cream on every pierogi.

Listen..... This is the first 15:39 seconds of the Zips I've seen this year. There is zero talent on the field. EMUs base talent is superior and they are a 5-4 team. Remember this. Chuck Noll once said after his first year coaching the Steelers, "The bad news is we don't have a lot of good players. The good news is half of these guys won't be back next year." Coach M needs to know this.

I'm more worried about the two wide open receivers who were missed.

Whatever it takes, Irons has to be replaced next year. He's given his best but it isn't nearly enough.

We're the Zips playing 9 guys on defense when the TD was scored?

That happened on January 10, 2022.

For those of us with Fatfingeritis, an Undo button would be helpful for those times when our fat fingers accidentally delete a large body of text by accident.

Those statistics are just depressing. I applaud anyone who has consistently gone to games during this period. You had to have been driven by friendship more than an opportunity to watch good football. Is one win too much to ask for? Yes. While you cannot see it on the field, Akron is an improving program. EMU is a program that has improved and probably feels confident about themselves every week and especially this week. I'm sure the same cannot be said for the Zips for many reasons including the Athletic Department has spent a lot of time making decisions that ultimately lead to a lack of momentum. Coach M isn't just battling external elements, there is an enemy within he has to contend with as well. "The most dangerous team is a team with confidence and momentum" - Bill Cowher. Akron is not a dangerous team and really does not have the ability to produce big plays necessary to swing momentum in their direction making them capable of upsetting a favorite. Never bet against a home underdog, but is there a safer home underdog to bet against than Akron this week?

EMUs ooc is based upon sanity. It left them needing only one more win in their last 3 to make a bowl. Great place for a program like theirs to be. It is what we dream of, a meaningful games in November. We have another meaningless game. Akron gets blown out by a motivated team.

The NFL model. General football fans and degenerate gamblers. Societal decadence continues.

They probably have analytics that say you should slide.

You could probably get it down to $1.00 per year. They just need subscribers to sell advertising.

3 of the 4 MAC schools on tonight have sub .500 records. The other is 4-4. This is great exposure for the league.

I hate this song more than 1 wins seasons for the Zips.

Or, Gomer Pyle. https://youtu.be/7Jkkmb6jEAU

If I would have seen your post first it would have saved me some time.

400 yards of offense with 9 points, 6 of which were in garbage time is not meaningful. I would say those yards are shallow.

We live in a world where statistics have taken the place of game analysis. It's why Americans no longer really understand the sports they watch, especially baseball. For example, a player does not hit a home run because of exit velocity. The home run is a result of a series of events that happen in a 2-5 second period and announcers are no longer capable of articulating those events because they are too busy discussing nonsense. The numbers above only appear to show Akron dominated the statistics. In reality, they lost all of the meaningful statistics. Teams don't win games. The other team typically loses the game. Let's review. Akron had 3 turnovers to Miami's zero. It's almost impossible to win a game when this statistic is this lopsided. Akron had more penalties and penalty yards. Akron gave up more sacks. Sacks are drive killers. Discipline and efficiency wins football games. Show me the statistic above where Akron outperformed Miami in a MEANINGFUL way yesterday. Where is a meaningful statistics like first down yardage or the average yards to gain a first down on second down?

I don't know.

They may have gotten a TD. They not have. What if they fumble or throw a pick six on the next play.

Play calling in this scenario isn't the problem. The decision to not kick is what I question.

I thank the good Lord for the wisdom to not drive to Akron for this game.